Bruno Lage refused to criticise the officials after Chris Wood’s penalty dented Wolverhampton Wanderers’ European bid. Lage hadn’t watched the incident back by the time he arrived at his post-match press conference, but he was informed by a member of his backroom team that there was contact between Sa and Wood.
Bruno Lage said: “I really didn’t see it. My analyst is saying there is contact. I came straight to the press conference. I was thinking maybe it was offside, I talked with the fourth official, he said no offside, so at the moment I don’t have any opinion about the penalty.”
The Wolves boss was more frustrated with the way his team allowed Newcastle to counter-attack so rapidly. Wolves squandered possession in the attacking third and a costly slip from Luke Cundle in midfield paved the way for Allan Saint-Maximin to feed Wood.
Bruno Lage said: “We are in the box, a good cross from Marcal, they win the ball and with two or three touches, they are in our box. We missed a big chance to win today and in this moment I should give credit to Newcastle. There weren’t too many chances but they scored their chance and deserved to win the game.”
